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Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday announced that they had asked the Food and Drug Administration to grant full approval to their COVID-19 vaccine for use in adolescents as young as 12.

The companies added in a press release that they would also file similar applications with the European Medicines Agency and "other regulatory authorities around the world" in the weeks ahead.

The Pfizer vaccine is already available for adolescents under emergency use authorization, though the shots have been granted full FDA approval for everyone aged 16 and up.

Pfizer's vaccine remains the only anti-COVID-19 shot to receive full FDA approval. Moderna applied for full approval for its COVID-19 vaccine for use in adults in August, though the agency is still weighing the application.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 83% of Americans aged 12 and older have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. About 71% of those 12 and older are fully vaccinated.




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BECAUSE THE SHORT STAFFED THE KENTUCKY LOTTERY IS OFFERING AN INCENTIVE TO ENCOURAGE KENTUCKIANS TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 LOTTERY OFFICIALS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE STONYBROOK KROGER STORE ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD. ANYONE WHO GETS A FIRST OR COVID-19 DOSE AT A PARTICIPATING KROGER OR WALMART PHARMACY WILL RECEIVE A COUPON FOR A FREE CASH BALL 225 GAME TICKET. THE COUPON CAN BE REDEEMED IMMEDIATELY AT THE STORE KROGER’S PRESIDENT AND CEO TALK TO US ABOUT WHY THE COMPANY IS OFFERING THIS INCENTIVE. THE GOVERNOR’S CALLED ON BUSINESSES TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO FOLKS TO GO GET THAT FIRST DOSE AND SECOND DOSE OF THAT VACCINE AND WE’RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT AND WE DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE AND THE OFFER IS AVAILABLE AT PARTICIPATING KROGER AND WALMART STORES OFFERING THE VACCINE THE CASH BALL. 225 GAME IS DRAWN EVERY NIGHT ALONG WITH THE 225 225,000 GRAND

States are getting creative with vaccine incentives. In Kentucky, you can win up to $225K


The Kentucky Lottery is doing its part to get COVID-19 shots into the arms of residents.Lottery officials announced this week a new program in partnership with Kroger and Walmart, which aims to vaccinate residents 18 and older.According to the program, the lottery is making coupons available for 225,000 free Kentucky Cash Ball tickets beginning Monday. Cash Ball is a nightly draw game that has a top prize of $225,000. Here's how the effort will work:This promotion is in effect at all Kentucky Kroger locations that have either a pharmacy or Little Clinic and at all Kentucky Walmart locations that sell lottery tickets. When a person goes to one of these locations to get their COVID-19 vaccine, they’ll get a coupon for a free Cash Ball 225 Lottery ticket while supplies last. Participants must be 18 years of age or older. The offer is good through next Friday (May 21), or until the 225,000 tickets run out. Coupons can be redeemed at any Kentucky Lottery retailer between now and June 1."We hope that by literally injecting a little fun into the process, more people will get vaccinated," said Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Mary Harville. "This is good for Kentucky’s businesses, it’s good for the Kentucky Lottery, and it’s good for Kentucky college students counting on us through the scholarship and grant programs funded by our proceeds."Kentuckians who get either a first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are eligible. There are more than 170 Kroger/Walmart participating locations across Kentucky.

The Kentucky Lottery is doing its part to get COVID-19 shots into the arms of residents.

Lottery officials announced this week a new program in partnership with Kroger and Walmart, which aims to vaccinate residents 18 and older.

According to the program, the lottery is making coupons available for 225,000 free Kentucky Cash Ball tickets beginning Monday. Cash Ball is a nightly draw game that has a top prize of $225,000.

Here's how the effort will work:

  • This promotion is in effect at all Kentucky Kroger locations that have either a pharmacy or Little Clinic and at all Kentucky Walmart locations that sell lottery tickets.
  • When a person goes to one of these locations to get their COVID-19 vaccine, they’ll get a coupon for a free Cash Ball 225 Lottery ticket while supplies last.
  • Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
  • The offer is good through next Friday (May 21), or until the 225,000 tickets run out.
  • Coupons can be redeemed at any Kentucky Lottery retailer between now and June 1.

"We hope that by literally injecting a little fun into the process, more people will get vaccinated," said Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Mary Harville. "This is good for Kentucky’s businesses, it’s good for the Kentucky Lottery, and it’s good for Kentucky college students counting on us through the scholarship and grant programs funded by our proceeds."

Kentuckians who get either a first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are eligible. There are more than 170 Kroger/Walmart participating locations across Kentucky.


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